FRESH IN! There are loads of great new releases and reissues this week. Detroit Sax legend Dave McMurray releases his debut for Blue Note a strong funky to straight ahead set with our man sounding really strong. Mamas Gun release what is probably their best album of funky soul with crossover appeal. Potatohead People have a nice down beat jazzy set with a hip hop influence. There are also new albums from Beady Belle, Me'Shell Ndegecello and an ice Cuban jazz set from Oma Sosa. Mark IV were a classy male harmony group from the 70's. 'Signs of a...
It is another great week for releases with many top drawer new albums and reissues. Top of the pile is Sean Khan whose 'Palmares Fantasy' is a fantastic new Jazz album recorded with Hermeto in Brazil, truly timeless beautiful music, The CD is in now pre-order for the LP for 25th. K.Avett also has a very strong new Soul album , something of a rarity in itself for this year, she hails from Texas and there are definite comparisons to N''Dambi in her music. MF Robots album has been long awaited and the album will please fans of Brand New...
There are some great albums out this week, mainly jazz based but some real gems. Lakecia Benjamin really shines on 'Rise' a superb album of funky jazz grooves. Joe Armon Jones from Ezra Collective makes his debut album on Brownswood 'Starting today', which is another great album highlighting the emerging British Jazz artists. Jessica Lauren returns with another strong album and guitarist Chance Hayden debuts with a nice album ft Jarrod Lawson on an incredible cover of Donny Hathaway's 'Someday we'll all be free'. Ghostnote give us some Snarky puppy-ish madness , and there are good albums from Eddie Henderson,...
There are some good new releases this week. Timo Lassy returns with a strong album ft Joyce Elaine Yuille. Azhaar & Global Wave , Beady Belle, Renee Rosnes and Kari Ikoken Trio also have good new jazz albums and there is a soul/funk album from Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics. Reissues include Gordon beck trio (also on vinyl for RSD), Snoopy Dean and Tutt Band., plus there is a very limited 45 from Darrell Banks. Check the pre-order section for some of the forthcoming albums in May, more to be loaded next week. #RSD18 Titles online from Saturday 28th April...
There's quite a few good new albums and singles this week. The New Mastersounds have a strong Funky Jazz album , Far out Monster Disco orchestra a strong modern disco album, Dave Liebman and Martti Vesela have good jazz set. There are also some good albums on vinyl from WVR Bvby, Bunky Leo and classic reissues from Bernard Wright, Logg, Harry Whitaker and Sons and Daughters of Light. Great 12" singles from Circle City band, George Duke, Gallifre plus 45's from Skullsnaps, Scacy Sound Service, Soul Brothers Six, Poniters Sisters and Prince Phillip Mitchell. #RSD18 - starts 8am tomorrow! Tomorrow Sat...
There's only a handful of new releases this week. Diane Shaw 'Second Chance' album is now in on Vinyl Lp as well as CD. Toshia Matsuuara (of U.F.O.) has an interesting album on Brownswood and the rare Modern soul Majik 'Back into your heart' is reissued on melodies international. Pre-orders Pre-Order for next week for Monster Disco Orchestra on Far out plus good jazz albums from Dave Liebman and Marrti Vesala. See all the pre-order titles here. We are gearing for Record Store Day next Saturday 21st April. The first product has started to arrive you can see a video here...
Tom Misch makes his mark with a nice album that will appeal to those who liked Jordan Rakei's albums. Sons of Kemet featuring Shabaka Hutchins have their own sound and their new album will appeal to their fans and may also gain them quite a few more. Lisa Stansfield returns with a strong album on more commercial British Soul, and Bettye Lavette has made a cover album of Bob Dylan songs. L.T.D. have four of their classic albums issued on a great value double CD, and Hugh Masekela has a triple CD featuring his classic recordings on Chisa from 66...
Lindsey Webster returns with another strong album 'Live Inside' , this one gets better each time you here it. We also have back in stock a limited quantity of her elusive debut album 'Lindsey Webster' and her other two albums 'You Change' and 'Back to your heart'. If you are not familiar with her check out her albums, quality Jazzy Soul. Gizelle Smith returns with another retro funky soul album nearly ten years after her debut. Great voice !. Orquesta Akokan is Daptone's first Cuban jazz album and it has that authentic sound (ala Buena Vista Social Club) which is...
There are some great albums and 45's in this week. British Jazz has been in the ascendancy over the last couple of years with some great new bands like Yussef Kamal and Ruby Rushton leading the way. Ezra Collective have created a super new mini album 'Juan Pablo The Philosopher' out now on CD, vinyl coming later. Rob Scott has a good jazzy soul album on Expansion, and Taj Mahal's daughter Deva Mahal has a nice debut album.There are also new albums from Ernie Hawks, Kurt Elling and Bill Sharpe . There are three very different but equally strong compilations...
Eddie Palmieri returned last year after a 10 year gap with a great Latin jazz album Sabidura on CD which is now also available on a double vinyl. Manchester based Jazz saxophonist Nat Birchall has made a very deep Spiritual Jazz album 'Universal Language'. There are some great Reissue CD's this week from The Rimshots, Crown heights Affair'and Z Z. Hill. Beginnig of The End 'Nassau Funk' is also now in on Vinyl, and there are great reissue LP's from Millie Jackson all time classic Soul album 'Caught Up', Ramsey Lewis, Headhunters, Miles, Isaac, Chick Corea, and Lee Dorsey, plus...
